Press-feeder&#39;s finger-stall.



A. v. NAPIER.

PRESS FEEDEBS FINGER $TALL.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1907.

I 911,838; I Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Suuanto-o 6/3 H Zia/7 129/" 2M in eases zen of the United To all whom itmay concern:

ARY V. NAPIER, OF DODGE CITY, KANSAS.

. PRESS-FEEDERS FINGER-STALL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

ApPlicatipn filed September 30, 1907. Serial No. 395.150.

Be it known that I, ARY V. NAPIER, a citi- States, residing at DodgeCity, in the county of Ford and State of Kansas, have invented new anduseful Im rovements in Press-Feeders Finger-Sta ls, of which thefollowing is a specification.

' This invention relates to a fingerstall for the' use of press feeders;and it has for its object to provide a finger stall having a coating orcovering of abrasive material that will frictionally engage the sheetsthat are being fed to or removed fromthe press; especially the sheetsthat are beingremoved from the press after receiving an 1m ression, thepurpose being to cause such s eets to be positively enga ed so that theywill bereadily mani ulate without danger of slipping.

A urtherobject of the invention is to provide a fin er stall havin acoarse abrasive coating. w ereby printed sheets having so narrow amargin that the freshly rinted surface is liable to be touched by theand of the operator may be manipulated without danger of smearing theink or blurring the freshly printed surface; the latter being engageddirectly by the abrasive material thus enabling the sheets to be movedor slid aside without danger of rubbing or smearing.

Further objects of the invention are to simplify and improve .theconstruction and operation of this class of devices.

With theseand othenends in view which will readily appear as thehiatureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improvedconstruction andnovel' arrangement and combination of parts which willbe hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawing. has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention; it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,

ut that changes, alterations and modificationswithin the scope of theinvention may be resorted to when desired. In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the improved finger stall appliedto the hand in position for operation. ig. 2 is a side elevation showingthe im-. proved finger stall detached. Fig. 3 is a ongitudinal sectionalview.

Corresponding arts in the several figures are denoted by li recharacters of reference.

The body 1 of the improved finger stall is finger stalls from a sheet.may be engpreferably made of textile material and of conventionalshape, consisting of a tube of suitable dimensions closed at one end. Itis to be understood, however, that no limitation-is made to the use oftextile material, inasmuch as any suitable material may be employed; itis further to be understood that the said finger stall may be woven ormanufactured in one piece, or it may be manufactured from a suitablesheet of blank mate rial having its edges joined by stitching orotherwise. coating or covering 2 of coarse abrasive material, such assand or emery; the same being applied thereto by means of glue orcement, or .in any suitable manner; it being understood that it isentirely within the scope of the invention to manufacture the improvedof coarse emery cloth.

Theopen end of the tube constitutin fingerstall is provided withan-elastic band 3 of rubber or other suitable material which serves toretain the finger stall securel n position upon the finger to which itis 'PP ied said elastic band being held securely in position by anysuitable means. The presence of the elastic retaining band isparticularly desirable owing to the fact that the bed of the fingerstall is usuall and preferab y made of non-elastic materia and it wouldbe liable to slip and become detached from the fin er of the operatorbut for the presence of 516 elastic retainin band.

n operation, the im roved ger stall is usually a plied to the rstfinger'of the left hand of the operator; it being made of suitabledimensions to fit snugly upon the first joint of the finger, and theentire exterior surface of said finger stall being covered .with theabrasive substance, so that it will operate successfully in any ositionin which "it may be laced upon the nger, and moreover, as t 1e abrasivesubstance becomes worn or detached from any particular spot, the fingerstall may be partia ly rotated and a fresh surface ex osed foroperation. The sheets that are to be removed from the ress agedby thefinger stall wit out danger of s ipping or sliding, and liability ofrubbing or smearing is thus prevented or reduced to a minimum. By theuse-of the improved device, much time will besaived, inasmuch asslipping is prevented; and wgsta e caused by smearing or blurringlsprac'ticdlly obviat ged.

The body 1 is provided with a the- A press may be fed much faster by theuse of this device, it not being necessary to engage the printed sheetin any particular unprinted spot. I

Finger stalls made of rubber and provided with integral projections ofconical, pyramidal or other sha es have heretofore been used to assistin t e manipulation of sheets or leaves, for the pur ose of turning thesame; a device of this 0 iaracter is radically difierent from myinvention and could not be utilized as a substitute therefor.Projections of rubber, or other flexible or bendable nature would causethe fresh ink to smear or smudge, and the prime object of the inventionwould thus be defeated. I am also aware that leaf turning finger ringshave been provided with sharpened pins adapted for engagement with thesheets; 3

such pins are liable to pierce more than a single sheet and, in anyevent, are liable to pierce the sheet to such an extent as to render theoperation diiticult and uncertain. My improved finger stall consistingof flexible material having a coating of abrasive material, such as sandor coarse emery, 1S materially different from devices heretofore used,and is thoroughly eflicient for the pur-- poses for which it is rovided.

Havin thus fully escribed the invention, what is claimed as new is2- Athirnble-shaped press feeders finger stall of relatively non-elasticmaterial, having a closed, semi-spherical outer end, an open, inner end,an annular, elastic retaining band on the outer side of said inner end,and further having an exterior coating on its substantially cylindricalportion and semi spherical outer end, said coatin consisting ofnon-flexible abrasive material, providing points to frictionally engagea freshly printed sheet surface without smearing the same.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARY V. NAPIER.

Witnesses:

LEWIS A. MADIsoN, HENRY DowDY.

